The Veteran's hemorrhoid disability is granted as service-connected. The Board dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates and remanded several issues related to his spine, knees, hearing loss, sleep apnea, coronary artery disease, hypertension, varicocele, and epididymitis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has a current diagnosis of hemorrhoids that began during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhoids, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, cervical spine disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, coronary artery disease, hypertension, left varicocele, epididymitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19123235
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Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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